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(No Model.)

C. W. HART.

OIL GAN.

NofZLllS. Patented June', 1894.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

OHARLESW. HART, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TOTHEHART MANUFACTURlNG COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,113, dated June 5,1894.

Application filed November 1, 1893. Serialllo. 489,699. (No model.)Patented in :England Marehl, 1892, No. 5,090; in France Maroh15, 1892,No. 220,157; in Belgium March 15, 1892.110. 98,816; in Germany March 15,1892,11'0. 66,651; in Canada April 12, 1892. No. 38,726, and inAustria-Hungary August 23, 1892, No. 14,199.

drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part'of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar partsin the several figures therein.

This invention has -been patented in the following countries, vizzdinGreat Britain, No. 5,090, dated March 15, 1892; in France, No. 220,157,dated March 15, 1892; in Belgium,

No. 98,816,dated March'l, 1892; in Austria--v Hungary, No. 14,199, datedAugust 23, 1892; in Canada, No. 38,726, dated April 12, 1892; inGermany, No. 66,651, dated March 15, 1892.

The object of my invention is to provide a can, pipe or other form lofsupply-reservoir, with a faucet having a vertically oscillatory nozzleso constructed and arranged that the faucet-valve can remain open onlywhen the nozzle is downwardly inclined.V

A vertically swinging nozzle has been made to operate a valve by itsoscillating movements, but such a construction has heretofore beenobjectionable for the reason that the upturned nozzle, when out of use,was partly filled with a quantity of the liquid which last passedthrough the valve. This, while objectionable in all cases, was seriouslyso when it was desired to use such a swinging nozzle for drawingvolatile or inflammable liquids, as the quantity of liquid left exposedin such nozzle would be wasted by evaporation and would be a constantsource of danger from combustion'as it evaporated. Portable faucet-cansfor transporting liquids are necessarily hermetically closed at everypoint so that the cans vare placed in various positions Without dangerof leakage; but no such can has heretofore been successfully providedwith au oscillatory nozzle, because whatever liquid was left in theupturned nozzle would leak out should theycan be changed from its normalupright position. By so constructing and arranging the parts that theupward movement of the nozzle will close the valve before the nozzlereaches the vhorizontal or level position, the liquid ceases to iiowfrom the valve While the nozzle is still downwardly inclined, allowingwhatever liquid has already passed the valve free to flow by gravityfrom the nozzle and leaving the nozzle entirely empty in its uprightposition. Such a construction is especially applicable to cans for thestorage and transportation of oil, and I have so shown it in thedrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the can,taken through the faucet. Fig. 2 -is a horizontal section taken on thebroken line 2-2, in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the faucetdetached. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the faucet, taken on the brokenline 4 4, in Fig. 3.

A is the inlet A in the top of the can, and the pocket A2*- in thevertical wall A3-, extending to the bottom A4 of the can.

The inner portion of the pocket-wall near the can-bottom is providedwith a passageway or outlet which is controlled by a faucetvalvecomprising an outlet-pipe B situated on the bottom of the can andextending through the wall of the pocket.- The outletpipe is providedwith a passageway B- leading from the interior of the can. The nozzleB3* has a spigot-end B4* projecting angularly therefrom and tapered tofit a' correspondingly tapered socket in the outlet-pipe. The spigot. isadj ustably and rotarily secured in the ,socketA by the'threaded bolt B5the head of which bears upon the end of the socket,or an interposedwasher, B--, when the screw-bolt is inserted in the screw-threadedaperture formed in the neighboring end of the spigot. The outlet end ofthe nozzle is thus oscillatory in avertical plane. The passageway B-Aleads through the socket-wall in the form of a vertically-narrowopening;

can-body provided with a capped and the spigot is provided with asimilar opening adapted to register therewith only when the nozzle isbelow the can-bottom, as in the position shown by solid lines in Fig. l.When the nozzle is raised to the position indicated by the dotted` linesa in Fig. 1, the

to allow its contents to drain od. After it is drained, it can be swungup to the position indicated by dotted lines b in Fig. 1, where it issafe from harm within the pocket. When in the lower dotted position theouter end of t the nozzle is still below the bottom of the can, and afurther downward movement is necessary to cause the valve-passages toregister. When open, the valve can always be closed by setting the canupon the ground or other level supporting surface; and when in suchposition the valve cannot be opened without raising the can; and it isthereby made secu re against being accidentally opened, whether thenozzle be in the pocket or not, and is protected against accidents andto some extent againstintermcddling. When the can is resting upon anelevated support sothat the nozzlecan be lowered below the bottom of thecan to open the valve as shown in Fig. 1, a lamp or. other receptaclecan be conveniently illed directly from the nozzle, and when the `lampis` filled the valve can be closed by simply raising the lamp until thenozzle, still in the lamp, reaches the lower dotted position. It' thelamp and nozzle are held in such position for a few seconds, the oildrains o into the lamp, after which the nozzle may be swung into itspocket without danger of leakage.

I have ascertained that in practice careless or inexperienced personswould, in quickly raising a filled lamp to close the valve, raise thenozzle above the draining point without a suflicient time interval todrain the nozzle; and I have provided a spring detent or stop whichserves as a cheek to the movement of the nozzle at the proper drainingpoint.

C- represents the spring which is secured exteriorly to the socket by ascrew 0'- near one end of the spring. The other end ot' the spring isprovided with a spur C2` movable in a small aperture in the socket walland adapted to press upon the spigot. The spigot is provided with aperipheral indentation or recess C- adapted to register with and receivethe spur when the nozzle reaches the proper draining position, as thatindicated by dotted lines a in Fig 1. The spring is not so strong, northe recess so deep or abrupt butthat the nozzle can be easily forcedfrom the draining position in either direction, to

open the valve or to swing thenozzle up into the pocket.

When desired a plurality of recesses may be provided in the spigot tosupport the nozzle either in the pocket or in any desired oscillatoryposition. valve is closed and the nozzle is in a position In thedrawings I have shown a second re cess C4 adapted to receive the spur(l2- to support the nozzle within the pocket.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a reservoir of an outlet-faucet having anoscillatory nozzle and a valve operated by the movements of the nozzle,so arranged relatively to each other that the valve is open only whenthe nozzle is below the level of the valve-outlet, and is closed by theupward movement before the nozzle reaches such level, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with a can having the before said nozzle is raised toa horizontal position, and whereby the valve can be auto maticallyclosed and held closed when the can and its nozzle are placed on thelevel of the grou nd or other supporting plane,.substan tially asdescribed.

3. In a faucet-valve having a spigot provided with an angularoscillatory nozzle, and a spigot-socket provided with an inlet adaptedto register with the spigot opening, a yielding stop connection betweenthe spigot and socket whereby the nozzle is temporarily supported in thedraining position, substantially as described.

4. In a faucet-valve having a spigot provided with an angularoscillatory nozzle, and a spigotsocket provided with an inlet adapted toregister with the spigot opening, the combination with a plurality ofstop-seats on the spigot, of ayielding stop on the socket, whereby thenozzle can be successively supported in predetermined positions,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,1893.

CHARLES W. HART.

Witnesses:

FRANK C. CURTIS, A. E. DELANEY.

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